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Re: [Observium] esx 5 server memory not showing
by Adam Armstrong 17 May '13

17 May '13

Esxi/5 does SNMP, but its broken these days. They removed a lot of data and counters. Adam. Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Problems with rancid.
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 17 May '13

17 May '13

Did this... //Rancid $config['rancid_configs'][] = '/usr/local/rancid/var/switches/configs/'; $config['rancid_configs'][] = '/usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/'; $config['rancid_suffix'] = 'network.zitcom.dk'; // Domain suffix for non-FQDN device names $config['rancid_ignorecomments'] = 0; // Ignore lines starting with # But I don't see a tag with rancid configs...? [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/ total 60 drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 CVS -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25590 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-1 -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25973 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-2 The configs are there.. But no rancid [cid:image001.png@01CE5170.50611610] Med venlig hilsen | Best regards Thomas Raabo Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 [Beskrivelse: cid:image001.jpg@01CB9163.2FCD3AC0] _____________________________________________ tr(a)zitcom.dk<mailto:tr@zitcom.dk> | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66

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Re: [Observium] OS Detection
by Tom Laermans 16 May '13

16 May '13

Mac OS isnt a Linux distro... And the apple logo is used for airports for example. How is it being detected now? Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Todd Kline" <tkline(a)horizonhobby.com> To: <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] OS Detection Date: Wed, May 15, 2013 18:48 Hi All I have a few OSX servers and their OS is not detected. I looked in the distro script and see that it does not try to detect OSX. I did see an apple.png file in the images/os directory, so this make me wonder if anyone else has had success in OSX detection? Thanks Todd _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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SQL Server
by Paulo Del Rio 16 May '13

16 May '13

Hello, I don't know if this is the best place to ask this but... Is it possible to integrate Observium with SQL Server? In my company we have a MS SQL server team managing the DB's but no MYSQL experts. If the integration with SQL Server is supported, I prefer that the correct team manages that DB. If not, is that integration in the roadmap? Best regards Paulo Rio

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Re: [Observium] SQL Server
by Adam Armstrong 15 May '13

15 May '13

We have no ability to provide anything other than mysql support in observium for the same reason. We're all mysql users! Adam. Paulo Del Rio <Paulo.Rio(a)espap.pt> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Syslog
by Paulo Del Rio 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hello, I have started using observium and liked it a lot. In syslog, I would propose a new option of searching for traps with a option to add a NOT, expecially in the priorities search. Example: All traps NOT informational.

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OS Detection
by Todd Kline 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi All I have a few OSX servers and their OS is not detected. I looked in the distro script and see that it does not try to detect OSX. I did see an apple.png file in the images/os directory, so this make me wonder if anyone else has had success in OSX detection? Thanks Todd

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Re: [Observium] Problems with rancid.
by Tom Laermans 15 May '13

15 May '13

Oh right, duh, was not quite awake it seems :) Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Problems with rancid. Date: Wed, May 15, 2013 15:13 This isn't how rancid_suffix works. It allows you to have FQDNs in rancid and the short form in Observium. adam. On 2013-05-15 13:09, Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S wrote: > It should be in group apache > > And permissions seems fine. > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l > /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/sv-e-rt-1 > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25590 May 15 12:59 > /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/sv-e-rt-1 > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs > > total 60 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 CVS > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25590 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-1 > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25973 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-2 > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var/routers > > total 20 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 4096 Aug 19 2010 CVS > > drwxr-xr-x 3 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 configs > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 rancid apache 38 Aug 19 2010 router.db > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 32 May 15 12:59 routers.all > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 0 May 15 12:59 routers.down > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 32 May 15 12:59 routers.up > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var > > total 144 > > drwxr-xr-x 7 rancid apache 4096 Jun 23 2011 CVS > > drwxr-xr-x 4 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 firewalls > > drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 122880 May 15 12:59 logs > > drwxr-xr-x 4 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 old > > drwxr-xr-x 4 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 routers > > drwxr-xr-x 4 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 switches > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid > > total 96 > > drwxrwx--- 8 rancid apache 4096 Jun 23 2011 var > > Med venlig hilsen | Best regards > > THOMAS RAABO > > Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 > > _____________________________________________ > > tr(a)zitcom.dk | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66 > > FROM: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] ON BEHALF OF > Tom Laermans > SENT: 15. maj 2013 13:56 > TO: Observium Network Observation System > SUBJECT: Re: [Observium] Problems with rancid. > > Hm, read too fast at first - you configured the suffix.. :) > > Is your apache in group apache and able to traverse the entire > directory tree? Permissions you listed seem to be ok. > > On 15/05/2013 13:30, Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S wrote: > > Did this… > > //Rancid > > $config['rancid_configs'][] = > '/usr/local/rancid/var/switches/configs/'; > > $config['rancid_configs'][] = '/usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/'; > > $config['rancid_suffix'] = 'network.zitcom.dk'; // Domain suffix for > non-FQDN device names > > $config['rancid_ignorecomments'] = 0; // Ignore lines starting with # > > But I don't see a tag with rancid configs…? > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/ > > total 60 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 CVS > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25590 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-1 > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25973 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-2 > > The configs are there.. > > But no rancid > > Med venlig hilsen | Best regards > > THOMAS RAABO > > Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 > > _____________________________________________ > > tr(a)zitcom.dk | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66 > > _______________________________________________ > > observium mailing list > > observium(a)observium.org > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium [1] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Custom port service type?
by Robert Williams 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi Paul, That’s excellent thanks! I've just extended that array to include all our (already labelled, thankfully) ports for various service types and it's worked brilliantly. One question, I don't suppose there is an 'easy' way to add a category which is made of up two other port types? Like with the default "Peering & Transit" group? Cheers :) Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Paul Orrock Sent: 15 May 2013 06:00 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Custom port service type? Hi, I've just supplied a patch to the nav bar (commit 4004) that will pick up anything you put followed by a colon and display it as a group under the ports menu. So I have a bunch of ports which have descriptions which start ESXData: Inter: Mgmt: etc and now those headings appear as groups under the port menu automatically when you add them to the config file with $config['int_groups'] = array("EsxData","EsxMgmt","Inter"); If your existing ports don't start with something like that then you'll need to create a custom port description parser which will pull out the type from however you have it laid out in your port descriptions. I took the opportunity to re-label all my 330 ports into a better structure and just use the standard parser but the custom parser is easy enough if you can write regular expressions. regards, Paul On 15/05/2013 02:08, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > > On 2013-05-14, at 5:59 PM, Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: > >> On 14/05/2013 23:45, Jason Lixfeld wrote: >>> My port naming convention for core ports doesn't follow the "Core:" spec required by Observium. Is it possible to specify a custom type, or perhaps change the default? I'd love to see my core ports with a click of the Ports drop-down hopefully by avoiding having to reconfigure over 400 port descriptions. I can't see anything in defaults.inc.php and I'm not well enough versed in php to really know how to go about looking through the php code to try and find the answer. My google-fu is failing me too, so any pointers would be greatly appreciated. >>> >> >> You can write a custom parser and set it in the config: >> >> $config['port_descr_parser'] = "includes/port-descr-parser.inc.php"; # Parse port descriptions into fields >> >> Take a look at that file, make a copy of it, and edit to your needs. It's not the prettiest code, heh - just opened it for the first time. >> >> Basically, the variables used there are the ones you can fill, particularly $type should be filled. $this_port['ifAlias'] is your interface description which you can parse in any way you like. > > I don't get it :( Observium shows core ports in the Ports > Core if the interface description starts with "Core:". I don't see any reference to Core: in that file to change it to reflect what my core facing interface descriptions say. > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Custom port service type?
by Jason Lixfeld 15 May '13

15 May '13

My port naming convention for core ports doesn't follow the "Core:" spec required by Observium. Is it possible to specify a custom type, or perhaps change the default? I'd love to see my core ports with a click of the Ports drop-down hopefully by avoiding having to reconfigure over 400 port descriptions. I can't see anything in defaults.inc.php and I'm not well enough versed in php to really know how to go about looking through the php code to try and find the answer. My google-fu is failing me too, so any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Re: [Observium] Smokeping / Ping Tab - 3rd Graph?
by Adam Armstrong 14 May '13

14 May '13

Getting the files in the right place is left as an exercise for the user. :) Rachid Zarouali <rzarouali(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Smokeping / Ping Tab - 3rd Graph?
by Adam Armstrong 14 May '13

14 May '13

Smokeping isn't always 20 pings? Well I never! :) Adam. Robert Williams <Robert(a)CustodianDC.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Smokeping / Ping Tab - 3rd Graph?
by Robert Williams 14 May '13

14 May '13

Hi, Just setup Smokeping integration (and generated targets using Michiel’s groovy script – thanks!). Anyway, it’s all working fine for all the hosts but I’m not sure what the 3rd graph on the Ping tab is meant to show, called localhost. It appears on every single host’s “Ping” tab. Have I just failed to configured a hostname *somewhere* or is this graph meant to display something else? When you click on it you just get an “Insufficient Permissions” message, image attached for reference. Any input or pointers as to what I’ve done wrong are welcome – cheers :) [cid:image001.png@01CE4E68.90BE29B0] Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Observium phones home?
by Dermot Williams 14 May '13

14 May '13

Hi, Can any of the devs explain why Observium phones home (to update.observium.org) when it runs discover.php? What data is being sent and why isn't this behaviour explicitly mentioned anywhere in the docs or on observium.org? Thanks, Dermot

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Re: [Observium] Wiki fix: spikes
by Adam Armstrong 13 May '13

13 May '13

User editing was turned off a year or two ago because of spam. Running the script on every rrd is not advised. Only run it on things with spikes! I'll have a look at the page. Adam. List User <list(a)redspeedservers.com> wrote: >I didn't see how I can edit it so: >http://www.observium.org/wiki/Removing_RRDTool_Spikes > >for i in rrds/*/*.rrd; do scripts/removespikes.pl $i; done; >should be >for i in rrd/*/*.rrd; do scripts/removespikes.pl $i; done; > >Changes: rrds -> rrd >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Wiki fix: spikes
by List User 13 May '13

13 May '13

I didn't see how I can edit it so: http://www.observium.org/wiki/Removing_RRDTool_Spikes for i in rrds/*/*.rrd; do scripts/removespikes.pl $i; done; should be for i in rrd/*/*.rrd; do scripts/removespikes.pl $i; done; Changes: rrds -> rrd

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Re: [Observium] Eventlog stopped working after upgrade
by Adam Armstrong 13 May '13

13 May '13

From what version to what version? What event log entries don't work? What things that you expect to generate email alerts don't work? You will not receive any help if you just whine rather than providing any useful information. Adam. Hynek Med <hynek(a)prozeta.cz> wrote: >Hi, > >after upgrading Observium via svn there are no event logs and we are not >getting e-mail alerts. Where should I look for problems, can you point >me to a direction, what to look at? > >Thanks, > >Hynek > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Eventlog stopped working after upgrade
by Dan McGurk 13 May '13

13 May '13

Why are you such a dick, Adam? It didn't sound whiney to me at all. Sorry if some of us are not Linux gods and need a little more direction. I'm so glad I went with Nagios instead of Observium. Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Eventlog stopped working after upgrade
by Hynek Med 13 May '13

13 May '13

Hi, after upgrading Observium via svn there are no event logs and we are not getting e-mail alerts. Where should I look for problems, can you point me to a direction, what to look at? Thanks, Hynek

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{For the Devs} Asterisk Monitoring
by Pieter De Wit 12 May '13

12 May '13

Hello Devs, I have done some work on Asterisk monitoring for Observium. I had an off-list chat with Adam to help me complete the work and to get the patch applied to Observium. I think he got busy with other work (or just ignoring me :) - it's all good ) so I am looking for someone to help me get this into Observium. I have an almost working code base, I just need some help in getting the graphs to display and perhaps some other work. I can give you access to an Asterisk box via SNMP, a static IP will be required. I am also willing to do the coding, I just need some guidance :) Feel free to contact me off list. Thanks, Pieter

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IANA port assignment
by Adam Armstrong 11 May '13

11 May '13

Evening All, Earlier today IANA approved our port assignment request, so the move to 36602 is official. observium-agent 36602 tcp Observium statistics [Observium] [Adam_Armstrong] 2013-05-10 collection agent We're still checking the old port, but that will go away in the future. adam.

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Re: [Observium] Getting wierd spike graph
by Adam Armstrong 10 May '13

10 May '13

Why is that strange? Kristjan Hinn - PERH <Kristjan.Hinn(a)regionaalhaigla.ee> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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monitor libvirt
by Alex Vitola 09 May '13

09 May '13

how to able to monitor libvirt virtual machines with observium? Alex Vitola @alexvitola

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Re: [Observium] Getting wierd spike graph
by Adam Armstrong 08 May '13

08 May '13

Its not obvious what the problem is. The spikes seem to be evenly spaced, which is odd. Its likely either a bug in the switch SNMP stack which is returning zero or referring to the 32bit counters, or a network congestion issue caused by a crown job. Do all of the devices have the same software versions? Adam. Kristjan Hinn - PERH <Kristjan.Hinn(a)regionaalhaigla.ee> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Checkpoint Firewall Support?
by Steve Costaras 08 May '13

08 May '13

I'm just starting to look at observium for some monitoring. I see that it supports cisco based firewalls (ASA/PIX) but it does not currently support checkpoint. Checkpoint mainly runs on top of redhat linux. I'm able to get the general linux stats but not the firewall specific stats (connections/vpn/etc) similar to what's available with the cisco asa support. Basically, I'm asking if anyone has managed to get this to work. Or barring that, any information as to how to add support? Steve

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